Quarter pad for vehicle tops



v. P. RUME LY QUARTER PAD FOR VEHICLE TOPS Fiied Jan. :50. 1922 Patented Jan.

VINCENT r. RUMELY, or. cement; mcmeemfessrenen ro nssnx'luorone or I DETRQIT, MIGHKGEAN? A'G'ORIfUBATTQNfGF r I "(immanent mem vise'rrotmlzdiors Be it known that. 1-, Y1non1srm; a citizen ofthe United States,- resldlng' at Improvement in Quarter Bards, forfVehiclB Tops,, iof Which.thel following is a specification, reference being had therein tofth er ac -T companylng drawings.

In the building oi vchicl'e tops ,1, es pe,cially such; tops, as are conirnonly used; on "motor vehicles, of the openwtypeit is customary to employ-a pad to forni, a rounded corner at the junction ofithe deck and. quarter and to giveloody toftl1e latter., In, the use oil such .a. pad it is necessary. theuppe-r or: inner V edge thereof betapered, off, order to. pre vent, the formationfofi an; abrupt 1 shoulder in.

- therefore I been expensive; 1

the finished top, and, permit the up: ferrsurface ot the decli'to hesmoothand unfr'okenr Quarter pads of .thischaracter have hereto} fore usually been iormedfiduring; thecmie structi'on offth'e top by inserting; several: layers of. suitable. paddingmaterial; L'lhe;v

laying and shaping on which in s ch; anianner, as" toforn'u pad, Wlflh an, edge tapered-fv off in thegdesired. Way,, -has occupied'com siderabl'e time of skilled workmen; and has The present i'nventlon; to provide a quarter pad which can be easily and quickly formed. Without. the: exercise of the skill required similar'pads, as here to'fore made, which, can therefore be produced at considerably less, expense, than such pads, but lVhlGhrWl'll he; o-fjsuch a form as to leave the upper "surface of the deck smooth and unbrokenand to give, thequar} ter a graceful and attractive appearance, p The foregoing; objects of, the. invention, together with-means wherebythe same may be carried into effect, will bestbe understood from the following description of one form or embodimentpthereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inivvhi'ch Fig. 1 is a simplified side elevation ota portion of amotor Vehicle provided With a top of the type in Which the present invention is employed.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section, taken 7 substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure 1,

showing one edge of the top provided with a quarter pad formed in accordance With the invention.

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. modified;construction Y Referring to ,tliefidra-iv deckpoItiQn- IZ' (:see Eigure' 2C and ajdown turned, quarter 1.31 coime'cted W1,

1, verse sectlonalilvrew ofl thefpad itself; f h1g4, is a somewhat. diagramniaticsed p hith'e deck; port1on12hy a rounded;cornelfloredge 1a: 1 r

In" '5 i viewsinnlantoilfigunec3,}b1ih'f6b with thelayers, slightly separated} showing M v el an imam-1 I larly 'tQ' Fig iure: 11,, there isshbml at" 105 aimstor, vehicle body; Wliicfidnay' lie oi'any usiiallf or. wel ek -Wi1iO m5 n tq ided with a t g/l -11. As" is customary 1a. 116111,cohs rll ti ns;

' thetopgcoinprises .a. substantiallyhorizontal 1 I id q arter, as. herein. shown, coinprlslhg. a1

separatestrip of material, secured to the, lateral edge. of thed'eeli portion 12:" by

longitudinal seam lfiif vDisposec'l'1 beneathtlie In, accordance with the present inventionyvi.

rounded; corner;. on edge 14;, the quarter Pad} v:iilesignatedi,as]afWZhole in -FiguI'eQhy the quarter pad 17.; is formed; rom t stri A-;ere1e,, waduingmc other'suiiabl'e pads ding material; faidj; stripibein preferably of substantially[constant or. uniform thick} "nessthlbughqu t its, length so as to be read 'ily obtainable. n 1 inexpensive fbr1n, 1and heplTiShed in a number o'it'j Ways, the preferred ing' folded, longitudinally 11pj0n1Zitselfiv to o m afpa having he. es Q s:s,ec-,, o al; form This f lding; may he accomr e be ng ll strated indetai'l i F gu es 3 and? 41*? 'As ho nfim said; figur afs d strip "is: fol ed, atfd alongf-tlie 11 1B, oi, the

imposed layers 0, d, the former lying at I the thinner edge of the pad tofform two super-. 7

lp eferably s o ated, r t 'r spect to e longitudinal cent r or; media ne at jam-p5. hat the n rt eniaaiwill'ijbe1 s ewhat ma a-Wid rans e s y t he p s lmnl the portion or layer d5 Y The layers or portions 0 and (Z are preferably further-folded I inwardly upon themselves and toward each 1 105 other along the longitudinal lines 6 and respectively,-' at or adjacent the lower or thicker edge of the'pad; to form additional superimposed layers 9 and h, respectively,

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top-maker is saved. The resulting pad is of varying thickness, or tapering cross-section, from its thicker edge e, f to its thinner edge 0, said pad comprising four layers of material, 0, d, g, h, at its thicker edge, three 2 layers of material, 0, d, g, at an intermediate point, and two layers, 0, (1, adjacent its thinner edge i). The latter edge may, if desired, be drawn out or thinned down, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, in such a manner as tomerge with the deck and avoid any possibility of the formation of a shoulder therein, while the extreme edges is and Z of the layers 9 and h may, if desired, be similarly thinned or flattened in order to give a smooth lateral taper to the pad as a Whole.

In the modified construction shown in Figure 5, two strips of material A and A are employed, said strips being superimposed upon one another and placed with one edge 22' of each adjacent the thinner edge of the pad. The strips A and A are folded inwardly upon themselves or toward each other along longitudinal lines 6, f adjacentthe thicker edge of the pad to form additional layers 9 and h, respectively. The lines and f are preferably located each at one side of the longitudinal center or median line of the corresponding strip, so that the portions or layers 9, h

are of less width than the remaining portions of the respective strips. The layer it is also preferably of less width than the layer 9', and to this end the total width of the strip A may be greater than that of the strip A It will be seen that the finished pad shown in Figure 5 will have substantially the same advantages as, and will be substantially identical in construction with the pad shown in Figure 3 with the single exception that the free edges 7), b of the former take the place of the folded edge 6 of the latter. 7

The above and other advantages of the invention, as well as various further modified embodiments thereof, will be obvious or willreadily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and it will accordingly be understood that the invention, as defined by the claims hereunto appended, is susceptible of considerable variation from the particular construction shown and described without departing from its spirit and scope.

What I claim is: r

1. In combination with an automobile top having a deck and quarter, a quarter pad positioned at the juncture of said deck and quarter and comprising a strip of padding material folded longitudinally uponitself along a line at one side of th longitudinal center thereof to form superposed layers of different widths, at least one of said layers being further folded upon itself to form an additional layer at the edge of the pad' opposite said first named fold.

2. In combination with an automobile top having a deck and quarter, a quarter pad, positioned at the juncture of said deck and quarter, comprising a strip of padding material folded longitudinally upon itself to form superimposed layers, said layers being further folded upon themselves along lines located at different distances from their free edges respectively to form additionad layers of dilferent widths at the edge of said pad opposite said first named fold.

3. In combination with an automobile top having a deck and quarter, a quarter pad, positioned at the juncture of said deck and quarter, comprising a strip of padding ma tcrial folded longitudinally upon itself along a line at one side of the longitudinal center thereof to form superimposed layers of different widths, said layers being further folded upon themselves to form additional layers adjacent the edge of the pad opposite said first named fold.

4. I11 combination with an automobile top having a deck and quarter, a quarter pad,

positioned at the'junctnre of said deck and quarter, comprising a strip of padding material of substantially constant thickness throughout its Width, said strip being foldedges of saidlayers and at the same dis-- tance from said first named fold to form additional layers of diiferent widths between said first named layers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

VINCENT 'P. RUMELY. 

